A high pressure X-ray diffraction study of aragonite and the post-aragonite phase transition in CaCO3

American Mineralogist

Volumn 89, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 1348-1352

  Santillán, Javier ^a   Williams, Quentin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DIFFRACTION PATTERNS; INTERFEROMETRY; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRITICAL VALUE; DIFFRACTION LINES; DIVALENT CATION; HIGH-PRESSURE X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; LOW PRESSURES; SYNCHROTRON X RAY DIFFRACTION; TRIGONAL PHASE; TRIGONAL STRUCTURES;

CARBONATE MINERALS;

ARAGONITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; HIGH PRESSURE; MINERALOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 4444231666     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2004-8-925     Document Type: Article

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